Product Type: Books
Age: Early Elementary School Years
Categories: Folk Tales
Award
(by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel, Harcourt $17 Score:
) Here's a lively version of that fabled critter of the old West, the Jackalope- a cross between a jack rabbit and an antelope. There's some corny word play, lots of action and even a big lesson built into the shenanigans here. This is a tall tale of a rabbit who wishes to be different and a fairy godmother who helps him discover that being himself is best. 4-8 Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: .
2004 Award
(retold by Laurel Long & Jacqueline Ogburn/ illus. , Dial $16.99 Score:
) Glorious illustrations, rich in detail, illuminate this well loved tale that combines “Beauty and the Beast” with “East of the Sun, West of the Moon.” Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Kaethe Zemach, Scholastic $16.95 Score:
) Simon the Fiddler gets caught up with the idea of having more, more, more of everything. In time he comes to the realization that he was happier when he had less. Will preschoolers get this? Maybe. It’s got the rhythm of a folktale that says less is more. 4–7.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Michael Lind/illus. by Kate Kiesler, Holt $16.95 Score:
) There is no rain, and Spirit Talker, an old Comanche warrior, tells the people they must sacrifice something they treasure on the campfire to bring rain. Only one small girl does so; her generosity brings rain and a miracle of bluebonnet flowers. 5 & up.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
( by Tanya R. Batt/illus. by Nicoletta Ceccoli, Barefoot Books $16.99 Score:
) Once upon a time, a woodcutter rescues a fairy and is given a reward of one wish. How to spend that wish, and get the one thing that each member of his family wants, calls for a special brand of cleverness the Irish are known to have. 5–9.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
( by James Rumford, Houghton Mifflin $16 Score:
) Calabash Cat wants to find out where the world ends. Various animals take him across their part of the world—the desert, grassland, jungle, and ocean—each believing he has shown the Cat the end of the world. Illustrated in the style of engravers of the country of Chad, this is an original tale told as a folktale. 4–8.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Jean Marzollo, Little Brown $14.95 Score:
) An audience of ants watch (and comment) from the bottom of the pages as Marzollo’s sprightly telling of this classic bible tale unfolds. Told with humor and a lively pace, this is the first of a new and refreshingly breezy series of Bible Stories. Also excellent, Miriam and Her Brother Moses. 4–8.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Diane Stanley, HarperCollins $15.99 Score:
) This Goldie is highly opinionated and basically can’t find a good friend. When she gets off the school bus at the wrong stop, she stops at the three bears’ house and finds more than the usual adventure. 5 & up. For a more traditional telling, see Goldilocks and the Three Bears (retold by Jim Aylsworth/illus. by Barbara McClintock, Scholastic $15.95 1?2), an unabridged version of a beloved story. 4 & up.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Won-Ldy Paye & Margaret H. Lippert/illus. by Ju, Holt $16.95 Score:
) Mrs. Chicken’s goose is almost cooked when a crocodile is about to eat her up. But she manages to convince the croc that they are sisters. A trickster tale with an unusual cast that is based on an African folktale. 5–9.
Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2006 Award
(by Jonathan Langley/illus. by Mark Sperring, Scholastic $15.95 Score:
) Imagine if every character from your favorite nursery tales got together to make a special cake for your birthday! It’s fun to study the pages of this charming book looking for old favorites such as “The Three Little Pigs,” “The Gingerbread Boy,” and “The Three Bears,” to mention just a few. This is more about the pictures than the story, but when there’s a birthday cake at the end, it’s likely to please—especially if you sing “Happy Birthday” to finish it off! 4–8. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2006.
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